> ' ftiouna, ana at various num 
X ,Ne all alike in appearance, but of many different 
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\ ^ greater number weighing about two ounces, but 
Jtii?''ast deal more. Some fell with a hissing noise, 
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rciji aeai more, oomc icia wiu* a 
/suJed the ground j but tlie smaller ones remained on 
'T'u« r1om-nT<a hv this shower of 
The only damage done by this^ shower of 
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"U. *!®nces, but of a matter in a soft half-melted state. 
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lx*’ soon after tnis a loud explosion was heard, and 
S c^®re seen to flv off in all directions. This was soon 
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i seen to fly off in all directions. 
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[“Wed by the fall of stones, over a considerable 
ground, and at various distances from each oilier. 
ine only uauiagc uuiis l,/ — 
"5. that they broke the tiles of several houses, in 
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ft Oh UiUlV-C LliC tuco V* , — 
^l^ich they had not the sound of hard and com* 
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Ay on straws adhered to them, and could not be 
Xdf “Parated a manifest proof that Uiey were in a 
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%\Son. 
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A If J of December, 1 705, several persons, near the 
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5 ] ''“plain Topham, in Yorkshire, heard a loud noise 
• vl 1 followed by a hissing sound, and soon after felt a 
/lie,, “ heavy body had fallen to the ground at a little 
Lvf.i.toin iiiojjj jji reality, one of them saw a huge 
'V '“(i earth, at the distance of eight or nine yards 
where he stood. ^ 
- When he first observed it, 
O'" eight yards above the ground 5 and in its fafi 
VHe?*- mould on every side, burying itself twenty 
to the earth. This stone, on being dug up, was 
0'll>>gli561bs. . 
k>li„,vth of March, 179 G, a body, burning with an 
XSe passed over the vicinity of Ville Franche, on 
Lyons, accompanied by a hissing sound, 
behind a luminous track. This phenomenon 
a great noise, about twelve hundred feet from 
iSgf ’ and one of the splinters, still luminous, having 
fall in a neighbouring vmeyard, was traced. 
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a foot in diameter, and had penetrated twenty 
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theV,L® gfound. 
®fJul, 
bow Cotton, in Oxfordshire. 
of July, 1803, a ball of fire struck 'a public 
The chimney was 
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the roof partly lorn off, the windows shattered 
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V*’ It^ converted into a heap oi 
"^f considerable magnitude, and, on coming 
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“ppj. . the house, exploded with great noise, and 
"^^stve sulphureous smell. Several fragment* of 
